"This year's buffet is a well-balanced one, with options for a range of dietary preferences, and a remarkably tasty one, with Oscar bait nestled against elevated versions of more standard fare. That said, it's a remarkably Caucasian quartet of new films, each one a story about white people with problems. If you're looking for differently hued protagonists, your options are blue ( Avatar: Fire and Ash) or yellow ( The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants)."
"Marty Mauser's problem in Marty Supreme is that nobody takes him seriously. Toiling away at his uncle's shoe store in 1953 Brooklyn, Marty (Timothée Chalamet) dreams of table tennis greatness. Why table tennis? He's convinced it'll be the next big sport to sweep America. Why Marty? Because somebody's got to be the best, and it might as well be him. The only thing standing in his way is the rest of the world."
The holiday film slate presents a mix of year-end cash cows and award contenders alongside lighter fare, offering options across genres and tastes. The new releases notably center on four stories focused on white protagonists, with alternative colorful options limited to Avatar: Fire and Ash and The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. Marty Supreme follows Marty Mauser, a 1953 Brooklyn shoe-store worker who dreams of table tennis greatness and believes sheer will can make him the best. Marty displays escalating inappropriate behavior and sociopathic glimpses. Early scenes include a tryst with a married neighbor, explicit foreshadowing images during credits, and theft of money to pursue competition abroad, beginning his rise toward ping-pong prominence while entangling with married women and a movie star.
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